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غلّظ

Root: غلظ

Form: 2

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غلّظII , Verbal.Noun تَغْلِيظٌ, He made, or rendered, the thing غَلِيظ [in the proper sense, i. e., thick, gross, big, bulky, or coarse; &c.:
2 and also, and more commonly, in a tropical sense, i. e., hard, or difficult, and the like]: and غلّظ عَلَيْهِ الشَّىْءَ, Verbal.Noun as abuse, [he made the thing hard, or difficult, or the like, to him;] and hence دِيَةٌ مَغَلَّظَةٌ, which see below. [Hence also,] غَلَّظْتُ اليَمِينَ, Verbal.Noun as above, I made the oath strong, or forcible; I confirmed, or ratified, it: [and so ; for you say,] حَلَفَ بِإِغْلَاظِ اليَمِينِ [He swore, making the oath strong, &c.]. And غَلَّظْتُ عَلَيْهِ فِى اليَمِينِ, Verbal.Noun as above, I was hard, rigorous, or severe, to him in the oath.
3 تَغْلِيظٌ in pronunciation: see تَفْخِيمٌ.
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